Washing-machine.



s. E. scHRoEuER.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION" FILED OCT- 9, |915- Patent-ed May 29, 1917.

SIMN E. SGHBOEDEB, F MINIEB, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters ratent. i Patented May 29, 1.917.

Application led Uctober 9, 1915. lSerial No. 55,080.

' To all whom 'it may oom'em:

Be it known that I, SIMON E. SCHROEDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minier, in the county of Tazewell and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Was -Machines, of which the following is a specication.

This invention has reference more parl ticularly to that type of washing machine in which the washin element is operated by power and is capa le of ,being moved to posltions over several tubs and 1n each p'osition to be` connected with the ,power drivin mechanism.

he object of my invention is to provide improved means for su porting the washing mechanism in its di erent positions and a further object is to .providesuitable means for operating thew'ashing mechanism in its different positions and also permitting movement of the said mechanism to said positions A further! object is to provide a compact structure in which the number of exposed operating parts is reducedto a minimum and in whichthe parts so exposed are positioned close against the machine and are so constructed that they are not liable to injure an one.

n the accompanying drawing forming a part of this app ication Figure 1 is a side elevation of my Washin machine showin my'invention;

Fig. 2 isa plan o the same;

Fig. 3 is a detail of a clutch, and

Fig. 4 is a plan of one of the clutch portions shown in Fig. 3. y

A. represents the usual platform of a Washing machine "having mounted Von end a tub B and at the other a. tub C. Arising from the platform between the'tubs is a shaft D having suitable bearings, E, F, one

on the tub and one on the platform, or Y otherwise suitably placed. f G is an arm beneath the platform secured to the shaft D and oscillated by means of a pitman- H connected in suitable manner toa gear J, for example, carried on the platformrand with which a pinion gear K meshes, the latter belng carried lin earings L and rotated by any source of power.

The upper end of clutch portion M consisting of a plate N, for example, having a recess O at opposite sides of the shaft, as shown in Fig. 4. The shaft D is extended above' the clutch p01'- tion M N and is adapted to receive a second clutch portion P which includes a plate Q, having two oppositely disposed lu R for engaging the recesses O in the ot er part described. S is a shaft portion carrying the shaft D carries a` the clutch portion P Q, its upper end carrying an arm T adapted to osclllate in a horizontal plane, oscillation being imparted through the shaft D and the clutch portions and the mechanism previously described.

l U represents a portion of a stationary top of the wash tub B,- together witha drain board V as a part of the same, and W is a 4 removable top plortion' which, when lying upon the tub B, ts the top U V. Estendin centrally' through the removable top W an having a bearing therein is a shaft 2. This i shaft 2 at its lower end carries any usual type of agitator 3 and its upper end outside the tub has affixed to it a pinion 4 with which meshes a' gear-segment 5 mounted on4 said top W or rather upon a castin W of said top which forms the bearing or said pinion 4 and said4 segment.

6 is a pitman pivoted at one endto the said segment. The other end of the pitman is pivoted to the outer end of the rock arm T before described.

At that end of the'platform upon which the tub C is mounted there is,erected a su port 7 bearing at its upper portion a shel 8 which is of substantially the same height as the top portion U of the tub B as shown in Fig. l. Preferably said shelf 8 is pro'- vided with a recess 9 in its edge facing the tub B, there being a supporting ledge beneath it. In Fig. 2 it will be observed that the top W has been lifted from the tub B -and placed above the tub C the recess 9 receiving one of the straight edges of the one'of said receptacles, means on the main same, on that edge which While on the tub B adjoined the straight portion of the fixed part U. It will also be observed that the ledge 10 is a support for the top W, the recess 9 acting therewith to hold the top firmly in position during the oscillation of the agitator.

The clutch portions M, N, P, Q, together with the top' W, can be lifted entirely away from the tub B so that the agitator 3 can be withdrawn .from said tub, whereupon it can be placed upon the shelf 8 as shown in Fig. 2, the clutch portions being again brought into engagement so that oscillation of the shaft D will be transmitted to the agitator Within the tub C as well as withiny cover when above the tub C whether said.

su ort is a part of the platform or not.

at I claim is: 1. In a device of the class described, the

combination of-a platform adapted to support a plurality of receptacles, a movable supplemental frame forming a cover forany frame for supporting the supplemental frame in a plurality of operating positions parallel with the main frame, power driving mechanism on the main frame, operating mechanism onv the supplemental frame adapted to enter a receptacle when said s upplemental frame is positioned thereover, and

' separable power transmission parts adapted to be engaged when the supplemental frame is in any of .the operating positions and adapted to be disengaged when the supplemental frame is moved fromvthe' operating positions.

2. vIn a deviceof the class described, the combination of a main frame, a removable supplemental frame with, an operating mechanism thereon, means at' each `end of the frame and intermediate of the ends of the frame for supporting the said supplemental frame in operating position at either end of the main frame, power driving mechanism von the main frame and transmission mechanism intermediate the ends of the main frame connecting .the power driving mechanism and the said operating mechanism, said transmission mechanism being rov-ided with separable parts, parts adapted to be separated when the supplemental frame is removed and adapted to be in engagement when the supplemental frame is in either position on the main frame.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a platform adapted to support a plurality of receptacles, a supplemental frame, operating mechanism on the* supplemental frame, inean's on the platform for supporting the supplemental frame in a plurality of positions parallel with the platform and over one of said receptacles with the operating mechanism inserted therein,

power driving mechanism under the platform, and power transmission mechanism 'extending upward through the platform, said transmission mechanism including separable parts adapted to be disconnected when the supplemental frame is removed and adapted to engage when the supplemental frame is in any of its operating positions.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a .platform adapted to support a plurality of receptacles, a movable supplemental frame designed to be shifted to form a cover for any one of said receptacles, operating mechanism carried b the cover or supplemental frame and extending into the covered receptacle, an upright drivingtme'chanism on the main frame, and separable clutch members forming-a driving connection betweenthe upright mechanism and the operating mechanism, and adapted to be disengaged when the cover is removed and adapted to be engaged When'the cover is in position above any receptacle.

5. In a device of the class described, in combination, a platform,` a plurality of container members thereon, a removable supplemental frame forming a cover lfor any of said container members, operating mechanism on said frame or cover, means for supporting said frame and mechanism interchangeably in superimposed operatin relation with either o fsaid container mem rs,

power driven mechanism on the main frame, separable power transmission parts adapted to be. engaged when the supplemental frame is in any of its operating positions and adapted to be disengaged when the supplemental frame is moved from the operating power driven mechanism on the main frame disengaged when the supplemental frame is 10 including an upright drlven shaft, operating moved from' the operating positions.

mechanism on the supplemental frame in- In testimony whereof I have affixed my cluding a. vertical` driven shaft, separable signature in presence of two witnesses. power transmission parts respective y upon the driven shaft and the shaft of the sup- SIMON E" SCHROEDER' plemental frame ada, ted to be engaged Witnesses:

when `the supplemen frame is in any of 4 MARY E.` Conmers, its operatingv positions and adapted to be C. W. BIRD. 

